Heredity: | Hybrid |
History: | Similar to King Arthur but better disease resistance and more compact. |
General Type: | Bell |
Disease Resistance: | Tobacco Mosaic Virus Bacterial Leaf Spot Potato Virus Y |
Fruit Length: | 4-4.5" |
Fruit Width at Shoulders: | 4-4.5" |
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: | Green to Red |
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: | 61-66 green, 77 red. |
Wall Thickness: | Thick |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb Shrub |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Plant Height: | 18-24 Inches |
Plant Spread: | 18-20 Inches |
Leaves: | Deciduous Broadleaf |
Fruit: | Showy |
Fruiting Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall Fall |
Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
Inflorescence Height: | 18-24 Inches |
Foliage Mound Height: | 18-24 Inches |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Vegetable Suitable as Annual |
Edible Parts: | Fruit |
Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Resistances: | Humidity tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Start indoors Can handle transplanting |
Pollinators: | Self Bumblebees Bees Wind Various insects |
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